by Alan Spence · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420471471
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«La Tierra Pura» is the historical adventure novel by Alan Spence, published by Alfaguara in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
In 1858, Thomas Glover, a young Scot, arrives in Japan as a trader. Within a decade he prospers, draws close to the samurai world and takes part in the fall of the shogunate. His love story with a courtesan would inspire the opera Madama Butterfly. The novel spans a hundred years of Japanese history.
Originally published in English as The Pure Land, it is Alan Spence's third novel and won the Glenfiddich Prize.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction interested in nineteenth-century Japan and the Meiji period.
Alan Spence is a Scottish writer and is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also artistic director of the annual WORD Festival. He was born in Glasgow, educated at Allan Glen's School there, and much of his work is set in the city.
